對人：願意接住外來的人
這一族就是核心畫面本身：門打開，客人進來。
welcoming to guests · adjective · C1
Friendly, welcoming, and happy to share what you have with visitors.
好客的
核心畫面
A door opened wide to someone from outside — a place that takes a stranger in, gives them food and shelter, and lets them stay. The word can be pictured as the quality of being a place (or a person) where an outsider can arrive and survive comfortably.
一扇對外人打開的門：有人從外面來，你把門推開、端上熱食、讓他坐下住下。hospitable 描述的就是「這裡容得下外…更多收起
一扇對外人打開的門：有人從外面來，你把門推開、端上熱食、讓他坐下住下。hospitable 描述的就是「這裡容得下外來者」這種狀態——重點不只在禮貌，而在你真的把自己有的東西分出去給不屬於這裡的人。想成一個旅人在雪夜敲門，門後的人沒有猶豫就讓他進來。From the word’s history
From Latin hospitare 'to receive as a guest', built on hospes, which meant both 'host' and 'guest' — the same word for the two people on either side of the door. The -able ending makes it 'able to receive a guest', which is still exactly what the modern word says.
這個字借自法文，往上追到拉丁文 hospitare「接待為客」，其字根 hospes 同時指「主人」和「客人」——同一個字站在門的兩邊。加上 -able 就成了「能夠接待客人的」。所以現代的 hospitable 幾乎原封不動保留了字源：這個人／這個地方，有接住一個外來者的能力。
Wiktionary (hospitable, hospes); Online Etymology Dictionary
Two branches
對生命：這塊地方容得下你活下去
把「接待客人」的主人從人換成環境：土地就是那個決定要不要讓你留下來的主人。
favorable (place/climate) · adjective · C1
If a place or climate is hospitable, plants, animals, or people can live and grow there.
適宜的
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
hospitableadj/hɒsˈpɪtəbl̩/
- 1
cordial and generous towards guests
- hospitable family
- "And you come, brother," said Mr. Wegg, in a hospitable glow, "you come like I don't know what—exactly like it—I shouldn't know you from it—shedding a halo all around you."
- 2
receptive and open-minded
- 3
favorable
- 4
favorable for life; livable; suitable for life.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。